Using Photos to Compose

I learned a lot more about multimedia displays of information in Troy Hicks' (2009) The Digital Writing Workshop. The section that I was really interested in was entitled, "Composing Digital Pictures and Creating Photo-Essays with Online Photo Sharing." I found this really interesting and do-able! To begin with, digital cameras and flipvideos are available at my school. This would also be very helpful to my children who struggle with inspiration to write. I was thinking that if children could take a picture of something that moves them, represents a topic, or was just interesting to them. Once they have "motivation," they can compose a multimedia project or writing project to demonstrate their proficiency.